Whirl of Birds by Liana Vrăjitoru Andreasen

At times allegorical or satirical, these stories are delivered with wit and intense compassion. Like the personages of Matei Visniec’s theatrical panoply, who aim “rather to move the reader than to deliver clear and tonic messages,” Vrăjitoru Andreasen’s characters shake us out of complacency to confront us with the abyss of indifference and the tyrannies of desire.

–Mihaela Moscaliuc, author of Father Dirt, Immigrant Model, Cemetery Ink

To read a story by Liana Vrăjitoru Andreasen is like watching a single intricate flower bloom in slow-motion photography. You can’t quickly sum it up without dispelling the effect of a quiet, slow unfolding.

–Martin Bidney, author of When Two Friends Meet, Wordsongs for Music, Asclepiad Explorer, Shakespair

These stories reveal the terrifying power of art in the swirl of madness that is the life of the artmaker. But they are grounded enough to remember that even the most fantastic impulse of art is moored in the vulnerable humanity of intimate relationships and the great tremors of political history. These stories will shock and surprise because they are rooted as they are surreal.

–Saikat Majumdar, author of The Scent of God, The Middle Finger, The Fire Bird

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